Question Words and Phrases in Korean

Learning Korean means asking a lot of questions, and if you want to ask those questions in Korean, you need to know the basic question words — who, what, where, and so on — as well as helpful questions themselves. The following table shows the basic question words:

English Question

Korean Translation

Pronunciation

Who?

nugu?

noo-goo?

What?

mueot?

moo-uht?

Where?

eodi?

uh-dee?

How

eotteoke?

uh-ttuh-kae?

When?

eonje?

uhn-jae?

Why?

wae?

wae?

When you want to ask a full-fledged question, use the phrases in the following table: